When Elizabeth Jane Newman was born on 4 December 1814, in Virginia, United States, her father, Allen Newman, was 33 and her mother, Anna Boaz, was 22. She married James Lowe on 23 December 1844, in Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 10 January 1850, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
English (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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